# CVE-2015-0313: Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.269 and 14.x through 16.x before 16.0.0.305 on Windows and OS X and before

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), NVD
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): yes, added 2022-04-13, remediation due 2022-05-04
- Published: 2015-02-02 · Updated: 2025-11-17

## Summary

Adobe Flash Player on Windows, macOS, and Linux is affected by a memory-handling flaw that could let a remote attacker run arbitrary code on the user's computer.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 13.0.0.269 and 14.x through 16.x before 16.0.0.305 on Windows and OS X and before 11.2.202.442 on Linux allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, as exploited in the wild in February 2015, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-0315, CVE-2015-0320, and CVE-2015-0322.

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## References

- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031686
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00008.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62895
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131189/Adobe-Flash-Player-ByteArray-With-Workers-Use-After-Free.html
- https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/2755801
- http://www.osvdb.org/117853
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62777
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100641
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62528
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00007.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00006.html
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb15-04.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72429
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36579/
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsa15-02.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00009.html

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